St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-01-22

: lice Jury, the Clerk, Parish Attnl
ney, and other officers OF the Polio
) Jury.
Resolved. That the st. Tamman
Telephone and Telegraph Compan
be required to keep their wire $
. hung up. on the public road. as no
10 obstruct travel; Resolved further
That the Road Overseers be re
quired to remove froro the Public
Roads all the Telephone or Telr
graph wire obsiructing or impedin:
tie free passage Of said public
roads.
Resolved, That W. B. Cook
Sheriff, he authorized to contract
for the driving of an Artesian Wei
in the Co .,rthonse yard, said con
tract not to exceed 25 cents pei
foot, the contractor to furnish al
the material necessary and proper
for said well; with the further limi
tatioD. that in the event of nc
proper frw of water, The contractor
shall receive no pay.
Resolved. That the bill presented
by DR.. j. l.. Walker, to two night
and one day visits and professional
services and medicine. furnished to
Josephh Bennett, prisoner, amount
ing to $4l so. be rejected and dis.
allowed, the same being exorbitant
and unreasonable
Reso we'd, That the public road
leading from the three mile post IL
the head OF Poitevent & Favre's
Railroad be abolished, aud the
hands returned to work on their
Old road.
The following bills were then
read aud approved:
W. q Morgan. Clerk Of Court,
to recording inqnisi.ions, to De-
cember Il, 1856, $50.
JAS. r. Hosmer. Zach. Strain
and W. e. Morgan, Jury Commits
sioners. to driving venire for the
March term of Court. 1887, five
dollars each. SIS.
W. b. Cook. Oct. 1856: To ca 81!
paid JAS. Taylor. for moving tue
judges stand. and making and
putting up the railing. and repair
ing the roof Of the Courthouse.
S26 80; to cash for paint. oil. etc,
81 IS; to painting. staining and
vanishing the Judges stand and
railing. SIS; to one dozen chairs
aud freight, SIG 20; to costs for
glass for the Courthouse. 81 40; to
board for +. Bennett. IN New Or
cans parish prison, from June Is %
October IS. 1856. SIG; cash paid
to I. P. Crawford. for guarding
joe Bennett. to the Hospital in New
Orleans, $26 50; to requiring and
putting transoms in the Court
house. 81; 10 2shovels, l spade and
l grnbbing hoe, So; to l axe and
handle. 81 Is; cash Ia John Theo-
bald. for irons for railing at Court
house. So; putting handle to axe,
50 cts; cash paid to Jas. Taylor for
work on Courthouse fence, SOL 25;
credit by cash from W. c. Warren.
Parish Treasurer, $32. Total.
$l75 O5.
To ". B. Cook, Sheriff-To at
tendance upon Court. March term,
1856. i've days. $50; October term,
six days. $50: June term, three
days. SIS; Juue 20. 1856. to taking
F. Bennett to Parish Prison,
New Orleans. $l2 so; October, to
bringing +. Bennett 10 Court from
New Orleans, $l2 80; October, TO
returning +. Bennett to Parish
Prison. i'll New Orleans, $l2 SO.
Total. $l07 80.
DIR. T. Il. Randolph. to profes-
s.onal services ut the inquest Of
Ophs!ia Robinson. Oct. is, 1856,
SIS.
Z. r. Doyle. Deputy Coroner, to
viewing the body Of Ophelia Robin
son. Oct. Is. 1856, and mileage.
IS so.
Same. to holding inquest on the
body Of John Andrews. Nov. IA.
1886. and mileage. $40 80.
Same. to viewing the body Of
Aaron Phelps. Sept. II. 1856. aud
mileage. IS 6O.
John Wadswortl. to salary as
Parish Attorney. for the first quar-
ter, ending March 81. 1887. SIS IS.
S. ID. Ellis. District Attorney. to
convictiug Walter Stokes aud Paul
Phillips. October term. 1886. SIS.
The following public road over
seers were then appointed:
Road District No. 2. NJ. Burns,
Inspector:
l. Core road. N. Fendelson.
2. Lee road. John Lee.
3. Edwards road, Wilson Willie.
1. Penn road. Jerry Garrett, Jr.
5. HolmesvilIe road, lower end,
j. III. Allison.
6. Factory road. Tom Wascomb.
Z. Lee ferry road. upper end,
Milton holiday.
8. Kimba!l road, Steve Sharp.
9. Road through cross. ways
Buck jenkins.
~. Military road. upper end.
Jim. Magee.
Lee ferry road. lower end. U. NJ.
Barker.
bonneville road. upper end. &.
Eastlor Brisbee.
Road District No. 8, j. NJ. ALI
son. inspector: